The mechanics,from the providers' own documentation
Short explainers on how solving works and what the numbers on a price list actually mean. Every claim carries its source and the date we read it.
How a captcha solving API works: task, poll, token
The loop every solver API runs, what the token you get back actually is, and the two limits on it that decide whether your request goes through.
The token budget: why solving time is a cost
reCAPTCHA tokens live two minutes and Turnstile tokens five. Put each vendor's published solving time against that window and the comfortable numbers stop looking comfortable.
Why the exit address decides your captcha rate
Google says it blocks whole networks when it can't tell abusive traffic from the rest. The solver bill is a symptom of that. The address is the cause.
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